No One Was Looking For Him, So Man Sues Classmates.com!

1. Gail Pink
   November 13th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

   I hope he wins!

2. cheechman85
   November 13th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

   Finally, I have rec’d lots of email from them without even visiting the site. If they are providing a service that give incorrect data, they should be held responsible.

3. Johnny Cat
   November 13th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

   I think it’s rather frivolous. Dude, get over it. Some people he didn’t know clicked on his profile, and Classmates sent him an invitation to upgrade.

4. Rocky Rook
   November 13th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

   I really hope he wins too! A lot of scam crap will disappear from the Net.

5. stormie24
   November 13th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

   haha, this is awesome. I agree, he deserves to win this one but I think it’s even funnier that it’s over $15

6. Nate
   November 13th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

   Great I hope he wins. classmates.com was ok when it first started, but it’s pulling all sorts of shennanigans like sending those fake someone’s been looking for you. What a low trick - shame on classmates.com

7. mountain
   November 13th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

   I also think he should win, even though most people assume these sites are scams in the first place, it’s still a sick and dishonest way to advertise, dating sites do the same thing, they say “sign up for free!” Then they keep telling you “User blondebabe69 has sent you a message, join gold to read” etc. etc.
   Of course once you send the money you find out none of those users exist…
   I wouldn’t ever fall for such scams, but they should still be prosecuted, (as well as “free” ringtones that cost $20/month).

8. rdhd
   November 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

   I hope he wins. Classmates has e-mailed me about people “signing my guestbook” and when I looked, they were random people who didn’t attend school with me. Sure, they could have done it by accident, but the cynic in me says that Classmates was scamming me.

9. DOJ
   November 13th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

   doesn’t facebook do this for free?

10. emzee
    November 13th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Ummm, it’s called Facebook, Anthony. It’s free, look into it.

11. rob
    November 13th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    As DOJ and emzee point out, it’s truly amazing that Classmates.com continues to exist when there are a dozen (or more, depending on your school, industry, etc.) of sites that offer more functionality and better experience for free. Inconceivable.

12. MENLOHEAVYWEIGHT
    November 13th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    LOSER, HE IS PISSED BECAUSE HE HAD TO LEARN THE HARD WAY THAT SH!T DOESN’T CHANGE

13. Mac
    November 13th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    I received many of these emails from them and almost joined for just that reason. Jerks… Especially for someone like me who had such a difficult time in school, the thought that someone might have cared enough to write me was compelling. (I knew it was a scam because I knew no one would *really* write me… *grin*)

14. ted
    November 13th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    Facebook lies to you, too. They send all sorts of messages like that to get you to click on a link. It’s just something you have to recognize as a bald-faced lie.

15. SparkS
    November 13th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Whatever you do don’t ask to be put on their email list.
    No where on these messages is there a way to cancel them like 99.9% of newsletters out there. I went to their site
    figuring I could cancel from there. Wrong. I sent them an email and asked them to stop sending the mail. I believe I still get their newsletters but my MailWasher filters them out now so don’t see their headers. At least I didn’t send them any money. It’s a shame since their site is a pretty good idea.

16. WordyGrrl
    November 13th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    If you really want classmates to find you, just set up a free profile at classmates.com — and put up a pic of yourself that’s got your email addy superimposed on it (ala MSPaint or Photoshop).

    Within two months, I got REAL email from the real people I actually wanted to get in touch with again after 25 years, and it didn’t cost a dime.

    Screw Classmates.com and their ‘gold membership’ crap!

17. Peeves
    November 14th, 2008 at 12:51 am

    It’s been running this scam for years and most people do know it’s a scam..not only to pay that much for contact with other people but the whole ’someone sent you a message’ thing. Even not knowing their scammy history I knew it wasn’t right. I kept getting these notices until I finally found my way to the part where I could unregister. I’ve heard of many complaints that even after paying members unregister after being scammed that their cards would continue to be charged. Frivolous maybe but it would be great if some judge decided to ban classmates.com from lying since they’ve been functioning like that for too long.

18. Jacki
    November 14th, 2008 at 1:23 am

    Facebook doesnt lie to us… it does contain some misleading ads though. I really am annoyed with ads like these though. Usually i find the suer a total idiot but I’m rooting for this one.

19. buddhaflow
    November 14th, 2008 at 5:56 am

    Good for him. classmates.com is a rotten bunch of scam artists. Without going into details, NEVER give them ANY contact information or ANYTHING, don’t even give them the time of day. You will regret it.

20. hearsetrax
    November 14th, 2008 at 7:38 am

    can U say sucker punched

21. MoniA
    November 14th, 2008 at 7:57 am

    I’veotten those ads to saying the classmates are looking for me. I figured it was just something everyone got. It’s false advertising though and I hope he wins. I also have gotten those “fill this thing out” and see who has a crush on you. After wasting my time they finally asked for money and at that point I gave up.

22. Jabberwocky
    November 14th, 2008 at 7:57 am

    What cave did this guy crawl out of?

    The internet is a place where if you click on a banner ad its something you have to pay for, and whoever gets paid will tell you anything because there are 100s of similar services elsewhere.

    It has been like that since al invented the internet

    I hope Anthony knows he was getting scammed, and is just trying to make a point.
    I`ll support that, otherwise he just deserves a darwin(I know he didnt die.. just a figure of speech)

23. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    November 14th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    I get tons of crap from that website… and I’ve never even signed up for it or clicked on one of their banner ads! Either someone’s using my e-mail address on the site or they’re spamming… but it’s not fun to have to clean so much crap out of the inbox, in any case.

24. donna
    November 14th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    I hate them too. I used them while helping organize a class reunion, but still get emails I don’t want. Really annoying.

25. lovemeordie236
    November 15th, 2008 at 1:48 am

    Humanity never ceases to amaze me..

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